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Herodotus suspects the word Eridanos to be essentially Greek in character, and notably forged by some unknown poet, and expresses his disbelief in the whole concept—passed on to him by others, themselves not eye-witnesses—of such a river flowing into a northern sea, surrounding Europe, where the mythical Amber and Tin Isles were supposed ...
Eridanos (mythology) (or Eridanus), a river in Greek mythology, somewhere in Central Europe, which was territory that Ancient Greeks knew only vaguely; The Po River, according to Roman word usage; Eridanos (Athens), a former river near Athens, now subterranean
Theta Eridani, Latinized from θ Eridani, is a binary system in the constellation of Eridanus with a combined apparent magnitude of 2.88. [6] Its two components are designated θ 1 Eridani, formally named Acamar / ˈ æ k ə m ɑːr / (the traditional name of the system), [13] [14] and θ 2 Eridani.
Eridanus was the 'deep-swirling' river-god son of the Titans Oceanus and his sister-wife Tethys. [1] He was the father of Zeuxippe, mother of the Argonauts Butes and Eribotes by Teleon. [2] Eridanus may be the same or different with his another river-god namesake.
Eta Eridani (η Eridani, abbreviated Eta Eri, η Eri), officially named Azha (with a silent 'h', possibly / ˈ eɪ z ə /), [8] [7] is a giant star in the constellation of Eridanus. Based on parallax measurements taken during the Hipparcos mission, it is approximately 137 light-years from the Sun .
15 Eridani is a binary star [3] system in the equatorial constellation of Eridanus. It is visible to the naked eye as a faint, orange-hued star with an apparent visual magnitude of 4.875. [ 2 ] Based upon parallax measurements, the system is located around 260 light years away from the Sun. [ 1 ] It is moving further from the Earth with a ...
[2] [3] The formation of the Eridanos began about 40 million years ago in the Eocene . By about 12 million years ago in the Miocene , the Eridanos had reached the area currently occupied by the North Sea , where sediments carried by the river built an immense delta .
This is the list of notable stars in the constellation Eridanus, sorted by decreasing brightness. Name B F G. Var HD HIP ... [3] e: 82: 20794: 15510: 03 h 19 m 53 ...